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...Mass market purveyors, such as JD Sports and Fraser Group’s Sports Direct, cater to a broader audience — like Nike, whose shoes they sell, these are as much about streetwear as track or gym wear....
...In 1983, he founded Aristotle Inc, a technology consultancy that sold voter data to political campaigns....
...Distribution has changed the game, but the source has always been there. We always had this outward look and ambition to ‘make it’ abroad,” says Bae....
...A statement on Nike’s website says it does not source any products or supplies from the region....
...Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike, Quantum Computer Services became America Online (AOL) and AuctionWeb became eBay....
...In this week’s briefing on the business of sport, we show how corporate Japan is grumbling about funding the postponed Tokyo Olympics, reveal how a Nike advert highlighted the US sportswear maker’s own equality...
...RBC doesn’t like JD Sports: JD Sports has a strong track record and management team....
...DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...Walt Disney is also entertaining buyers for the regional sports networks it acquired as part of its $85bn acquisition of 21st Century Fox....
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...In-vest-ment piece American heritage label Woolrich has teamed up with Japanese sports apparel manufacturer Goldwin Inc on a range of outdoor performance wear that combines Woolrich’s aesthetic with state-of-the-art...
...publishes three open-source projects on GitHub Jun 2018 Microsoft acquires the group, which now boasts 28m developers and 80m repositories of code, for $7.5bn Microsoft is betting that bringing this...
...We are going to need just as many manufacturing jobs in our source base....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...Mike Ashley’s company also sources the majority of its own-label products from Asia in dollars, RBC notes, making it particularly vulnerable to the plunge in sterling....
...Sportswear company Nike began life as Blue Ribbon Sports. Struggling brands sometimes change their names to distance themselves from negative publicity....
...The company did not comment on how much the contract was worth, but sports news group ESPN reported, citing a source, that it could be the largest single athlete guarantee in company history....
...Puma, which is seeking to make up lost ground after losing market share to local rival Adidas and US sports giant Nike in recent years, posted net profit of €37.1m — or €2.48 per share — in 2015, down from...
...This week, the BBC disclosed an email sent in January by Craig Masback, a director of business affairs for Nike’s global sports marketing division, to two executives at Track Town USA, which promotes running...
...So what does he mean to Nike, and Nike mean to him?...
...Source: PGATour.com — measuring average length in yards and accuracy off the tee...
...“As we did with the acquisition of The Root in 2015, with Onion Inc we are expanding our role as a go-to source for digitally connected, diverse audiences,” Isaac Lee, chief news and digital officer and...
...Majority-owned by French luxury group Kering, Puma is a distant third behind rivals Nike and Adidas in sports clothing....
...It has pushed ahead with more deals with key sports associations. Earlier this month it signed an eight-year agreement with the US National Basketball Association....
...For the Reeds, Sneaker Pawn USA sprouted from a common patriarchal dilemma: the constant doling out of cash to a teenage son....
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